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Xervean United States. Nov 29 2009 23:08. Posts 682 | | |
Ok so sometimes at my job I take the supervisor calls when we get enraged customers (I do tech support). I usually get major laughs with these calls because they are mad about not having a computer for two weeks or something. OR they are retarded and run a business off of one laptop. But this lady called in about a Nintendo Wii that doesn't work. Her warranty contract however has been expired for almost a full year. She said that the reason she didnt call sooner was that she had complications with a pregnancy in which she had to be hospitalized for months. At this time she said that her fiance left her with the kids and split. Then she says her child was very sick and couldnt leave the house for a long time. Then the house got flooded and they lost everything.
Now I told her that it was expired and is no longer covered by the plan and she began crying hysterically over a 75$ repair bill that she couldnt pay. She says that she had to buy her kids winter coats and she cant afford one herself. And that they will have nothing under the tree this year. She told me that if I deny this I will steal christmas from her kids. She asked if I would like to tell her kids that they wont get anything for christmas. All the while keep in mind she is crying hysterically. I of course have no choice but to flat out deny it. Normally im a cold hearted bastard but I think she was definitely being sincere and not making up random bs like most of our customers.
Thinking of it afterwards though I actually began to feel guilty that im going to go home and play online poker throwing 75 around like nothing, when this hardworking lady has had the shit kicked out of her by life and can barely afford to feed her kids. I felt like maybe I should have shipped her 75 in the christmas spirit or something. I didnt think of it at the time, and its clearly not my place to do so... Nor could I even do so now if I wanted to because I have no clue what her name was or anything.
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TianYuan  Korea (South). Nov 29 2009 23:17. Posts 6817 | | |
If numbers are saved you could look it up, maybe (although I imagine you'd have to know what time she called etc).
Ah well, sad story >.<
EDIT: Man, it gets sadder everytime I re-read it, even though there are obviously tonnes of people out there even worse off. Not a lot you can do about it I guess. |
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um, you know she was probably lying right? |
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CT_rider United States. Nov 30 2009 00:46. Posts 134 | | |
| | On November 29 2009 22:24 gawdawaful wrote:
um, you know she was probably lying right? |
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k2o4 United States. Nov 30 2009 01:41. Posts 4803 | | |
That's a pretty committed lie just to get a wii repair bill, especially with the hysterical crying.
Maybe we start up an LP collection if you can figure out how to find her. I'll put down $10. |
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probably should have given this one the 'sorry lady my hands are tied' line to see if she was willing to untie them |
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Acckerman United States. Nov 30 2009 02:16. Posts 725 | | |
her story doesnt add up, its a total bluff |
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Xervean United States. Nov 30 2009 02:26. Posts 682 | | |
haha, trust me i get the liars all day. And I laugh my ass off at them. I usually laugh about the people who cry. But in this spot I felt it was legit. |
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milkman United States. Nov 30 2009 03:52. Posts 5719 | | |
its like 90% a bluff.. and her fault for not dealing with it during teh warranty.. but u know she deff exaggerated alot of that shit. |
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Twisted Netherlands. Nov 30 2009 06:09. Posts 10422 | | |
'You stole christmas for me'
as if you can do anything about it, you just follow guidelines. People talking some unjust feeling of guilt in you are not nice people. |
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It's funny how this is perceived as so horrible and still we ignore that we could give more people really good lives from the same amount of money if they went to some underdeveloped country instead. |
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